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Examines the mystery of aging. Reasons for increased life expectancy in developed countries; Question of why we age and which parts of the experience we can change; Ways of extending the maximum life span, including food restriction and hormone manipulation; Relationship between fertility and...

Presents a study on the determination of life expectancy in Great Britain. Consequences of the demographic change for all aspects of life; Link between natural ageing processes and diseases; Promotion of expenditure on research.

Biogerontologists have recently launched a war of words on anti-aging medicine. They seek to discredit what they judge to be fraudulent and harmful products and therapies, and to distinguish their own research from what they regard as the pseudoscience of anti-aging injections, special mineral...

This article explores the need to rethink and redefine old age and retirement as human life expectancy surges. Most discussions about increasing longevity have been focused on how to live longer rather than on why. In youth, boomers were self-indulgent in their priorities. In their late teens...

The article presents reports on the plight of the elderly people in the U.S. The Council on Aging reports that more than 5 million people 65 years old or over are living out their life span on insufficient incomes for decent livelihood. The Senate Special Committee on Aging's report notes that...

The article discusses research being done on the life expectancy of Japanese-American men. It references a study published in the 2006 issue of the "Journal of American Medical Association." The study tracked more than 5,800 Japanese-American men who were middle-aged in 1965 when they entered...

The article offers information on the life expectancy in the U.S. Hawaii, the Aloha State, leads the country in life expectancy, with an average life span of 81.3 years. Minnesota is next at 80.3. According to a Manhattan Institute for Policy Research report, Connecticut, 79.9, North Dakota,...

Experimental design for mouse aging studies has historically involved lifespan, but it is now clear that survival data without pathology data limit the information that can be obtained on aging animals. This limitation becomes more serious when interventions of any sort are implemented....

There is an intense search for longevity genes in both animal models and humans. Human family studies have indicated that a modest amount of the overall variation in adult lifespan (approximately 20â€“30%) is accounted for by genetic factors. But it is not known if genetic factors become...